--- title: VScode Extensions for Documentation | daily.dev description: This post reviews the author's favorite VScode extensions for documentation, including Quarto, Jupyter, and Markdown All in One. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-extensions-for-documentation-syfcmkqu2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: VScode Extensions for Documentation | daily.dev og:description: This post reviews the author's favorite VScode extensions for documentation, including Quarto, Jupyter, and Markdown All in One. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-extensions-for-documentation-syfcmkqu2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/syFcmKQU2.png og:image:alt: VScode Extensions for Documentation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # VScode Extensions for Documentation **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 391 upvotes · 14 comments ## Summary This post reviews the author's favorite VScode extensions for documentation, including Quarto, Jupyter, and Markdown All in One. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jakecake** · 7 upvotes > I prefer the excalidraw over draw.io extension any day **@henrikbinggl** · 2 upvotes > I personally love [plantUML](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jebbs.plantuml) and the plantUML [stdlib](https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml-stdlib) together with the [C4](https://c4model.com/) model to document architecture. **@tatacsd** · 2 upvotes > Mermaid is one of my favs! 🙃 **@spaceninja** · 1 upvotes > I need to get that Draw.io VS Code extension! Great article. **@dxps** · 1 upvotes > While this may sound purely subjective since there are features (pragmatic capabilities) and cosmetics (visually appealing) involved, after evaluating pretty much all the common tools, I still get back to draw.io, using it as a desktop app (not the Web UI, nor the VSCode extension). ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#jupyter](https://daily.dev/tags/jupyter), [#quarto](https://daily.dev/tags/quarto) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-extensions-for-documentation-syfcmkqu2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"VScode Extensions for Documentation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-extensions-for-documentation-syfcmkqu2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-extensions-for-documentation-syfcmkqu2"},"datePublished":"2024-01-21T17:46:58.066Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"This post reviews the author's favorite VScode extensions for documentation, including Quarto, Jupyter, and Markdown All in One.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ff2c4869e1fcd33ea5f2396fc813a7de?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ff2c4869e1fcd33ea5f2396fc813a7de?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":14,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-extensions-for-documentation-syfcmkqu2","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":391},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":14}],"keywords":"python,data-science,vscode,jupyter,quarto","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"VScode Extensions for Documentation"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-extensions-for-documentation-syfcmkqu2","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I prefer the excalidraw over draw.io extension any day","datePublished":"2024-01-24T10:51:04.395Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/syFcmKQU2#c-4f4tfNnKU","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Kofoed","url":"https://daily.dev/jakecake","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4046799?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I personally love plantUML and the plantUML stdlib together with the C4 model to document architecture.","datePublished":"2024-01-28T10:27:00.836Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/syFcmKQU2#c-XwwGn0zoH","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Henrik Binggl","url":"https://daily.dev/henrikbinggl","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/635852?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Mermaid is one of my favs! 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